Six police personnel were killed and 11 others injured after their vehicle rammed into a tree near Lohari village, about 10 km from Fatehgarh Sahib town, on the Sanghol-Bassi Pathana road on Monday morning.
The cops, posted at Khamano police station in Fatehgarh Sahib district, were
on their way to attend the police parade at the police lines when the mishap occurred around 6:30am. The police vehicle (Mahindra Scorpio) spun out of control after being hit by an unidentified vehicle and crashed into a roadside tree. The driver of the other vehicle sped away from the spot.

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal expressed shock and grief over the tragedy. Directing the district civil and police administrations to provide logistic support to families of the victims and medical treatment to the injured, the CM and deputy CM assured that the state government would provide all help to the families.